G.Govindhan, v. The Revenue Divisional Officer,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 13.09.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN W.P.Nos. 24777, 24781 to 24783, 24786, 25164, 25170, 25172, 25175, 25213, 25216, 25219, 25221, 25223, 25225, 25292, 25296 and 25297, 25336, 25338, 25340, 25341, 25342, 25412, 25418, 25420, 25424, 25430, 26009, 26015, 26019, 26029 and 26033, 27062, 27067, 27072, 27075, 27078 of 2019 G.Govindhan - Petitioner in WP No.24777/2019 V.Ajith Kumar - Petitioner in WP No.24781/2019 G.Annamalai - Petitioner in WP No.24782/2019 Chitra - Petitioner in WP No.24783/2019 A.Ayyanar - Petitioner in WP No.24786/2019 S.Govindan - Petitioner in WP No.25164/2019 E.Ramesh - Petitioner in WP No.25170/2019 P.Selvaraj - Petitioner in WP No.25172/2019 S.Sekar - Petitioner in WP No.25175/2019 N.Manikandan - Petitioner in WP No.25213/2019 S.
Gengasalam - Petitioner in WP No.25216/2019 V.Lakshmi - Petitioner in WP No.25219/2019 N.Murugadass - Petitioner in WP No.25221/2019 K.Balaji - Petitioner in WP No.25223/2019 R.Chinnathambi - Petitioner in WP No.25225/2019 A.Viswanathan - Petitioner in WP No.25292/2019 C.Venkatesan - Petitioner in WP No.
R.Anbu Kumar - Petitioner in WP No.25297/2019 M.Sekar - Petitioner in WP No.25336/2019 K.Sankar - Petitioner in WP No.25338/2019 P.Manikandan - Petitioner in WP No.25340/2019 M.Murugan - Petitioner in WP No.25341/2019 P.Chinnathambi - Petitioner in WP No.25342/2019 E.Karthikeyan - Petitioner in WP No.25412/2019 A.Tamillarasi - Petitioner in WP No.25418/2019 C.Manjunathan - Petitioner in WP No.25420/2019 M.Raja - Petitioner in WP No.25424/2019 D.Raji - Petitioner in WP No.25430/2019 J.Vijayalakshmi - Petitioner in WP No.26009/2019 R.Selvam - Petitioner in WP No.26015/2019 C.Gopal - Petitioner in WP No.26019/2019 C.Thangaraj - Petitioner in WP No.26029/2019 K.Subramani - Petitioner in WP No.26033/2019 G.Kamaraj - Petitioner in WP No.27062/2019 K.Nagamuthu - Petitioner in WP No.27067/2019 V.Prakash - Petitioner in WP No.27072/2019 C.Radha Krishnan - Petitioner in WP No.27075/2019 A.Settu - Petitioner in WP No.27078/2019 -VsThe Revenue Divisional Officer, Thiruvannamalai Division, Thiruvannamalai District.
- Respondent in WP Nos.24777, 24781, 24782, 24783, 24786, 25292, 25296, 25297, 25412 25418, 25424, 25430, 27062 27067, 27072, 27075, 27078/2019
The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thirukkovilur Division, Thirukkovilur, Villupuram District. - Respondent in WP Nos.25164, 25170, 25172, 25175, 25213, 25216, 25219, 25221, 25223, 25225, 25336, 25338, 25340, 25341, 25342, 26009, 26015 26019, 26029, 26033/2019 PRAYER in WP No.24777/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, Directing the Respondent to Petitioner and his Children namely G.Manimekalai, G.Manju and G.Mano based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.24781/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, Directing the Respondent to Petitioner and his daughters namely A.Prithiksha and A.Prithika based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.24782/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his Children namely A.Udhaya, A.Archana and A.Sumithra based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.24783/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's daughter named P.Gayathri based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.24786/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely A.Kalaiselvan and A.Ashwini based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25164/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely G.Anitha, G.Vinitha, G.Anu and G.Dinesh based on the Petitioner's Application dated 18.07.2017 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25170/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his sons namely R.Rithik Roshan, R.Pragadeesh and R.Kabish based on the Petitioner's Application dated 26.02.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25172/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely S.Tamil Selvan and S.Praveena based on the Petitioner's Application dated 28.03.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25175/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his daughters namely S.Hemalatha and S.Shivanya based on the Petitioner's Application dated 26.02.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25213/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his sons namely M.Deepak and M.Puviarasan based on the Petitioner's Application dated 25.03.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25216/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his sons namely G.Arunachalam and G.Sivachandiran based on the Petitioner's Application dated 22.03.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25219/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his son, V.Karthikeyan based on the Petitioner's Application dated 29.03.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25221/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his sons namely M.Sethupathy and M.Chandru based
on the Petitioner's Application dated 25.03.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25223/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely B.Nithish and B.Madhubala based on the Petitioner's Application dated 09.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25225/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely C.Rakesh, C.Dhivya, C.Keerthi and C.Harini based on the Petitioner's Application dated 10.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25292/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his sons namely V.Srikkanth and v.Anand Sri based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25296/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his son namely V.Elumalai based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25297/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his son namely A.Kavish based on the Petitioner's Application dated 27.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25336/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely S.Kamalesh and S.Pooja based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.05.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25338/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner's children namely S.Parvendhan, S.Poovitha and S.Monisha based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.05.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25340/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely M.Karthika Devi and M.Pavithra based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.05.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25341/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely M.Sowmya and M.Soundarajan based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.05.2019 with in a Stipulated time.
PRAYER in WP No.25342/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely C.Nogeswaran and C.Deepika based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.05.2019 with in a
PRAYER in WP No.25412/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely K.Shalini, K.Dhayani and K.Viswa based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25418/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely K.Shalini,A.Deepa, A.Ramya and A.Kishore based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25420/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's children namely M.Nilavan and M.Nithya Sri based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.25424/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner's children namely R.Balaji, R.Arun Kumar and R.Dhanalakshmi based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.25430/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his children namely R.Manikandan, R.Prakash, R.Rajesh, R.Rajeswari and R.Jeyanthi based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16.04.2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.26009/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his children namely J.Manikandan and J.Boomika based on the Petitioner's Application dated 28.02.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.26015/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his children namely S.Jayaraj and S.Jayakodi based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06.04.2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.26019/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his son namely G.Kanish based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06/04/2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.26029/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely T.Praveen Raj and T.Keerthana based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06/04/2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.26033/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner's Children namely S.Jansi Rani, S.Mahalakshmi and S.Viswanathan based on the Petitioner's Application dated 06/04/2019 with in a Stipulated time
PRAYER in WP No.27062/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his son namely K.Prakash and K.Lokesh based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16/04/2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.27067/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely N.Ramesh and N.Angalamma based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16/04/2019 with in a PRAYER in WP No.27072/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Son namely P.Mukundhan based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16/04/2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.27075/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article
Petitioner and his Son namely R.Sabari based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16/04/2019 with in a Stipulated time PRAYER in WP No.27078/2019: Writ Petition filed under Article Petitioner and his Children namely S.Dhanush and S.Nadhiya based on the Petitioner's Application dated 16/04/2019 with in a Stipulated time.
For Petitioner ..
Mr.N.Naganathan in all W.Ps For Respondent ..
Mr.Akil Akbar Ali, Govt. Advocate in all W.Ps COMMON ORDER [Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] In view of the commonality of the issue involved in all these writ petitions, they have been taken up together and disposed of by a common order.
2.In all these cases, the petitioners made applications seeking issuance of certificate as one belonging to Hindu Katunayakkan Community, which is a Scheduled Tribe Community. Now, inasmuch as the applications made are stated to be still pending with the respondent, seeking appropriate orders, these writ petitions have been filed.
3.We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent.
4.Learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent would submit that in accordance with law, these applications
will be considered and appropriate orders will be passed. 5.In such view of the matter, a direction is issued to the respondent to pass appropriate orders on the applications made by the petitioners by conducting enquiry, if so required, in the manner known to law. The aforesaid process will have to be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
6.With the aforesaid direction, all these writ petitions stand disposed of. No costs.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm TO 1.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thiruvannamalai Division, Thiruvannamalai District.
2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thirukkovilur Division, Thirukkovilur, Villupuram District.
+10cc to Mr.N.Naganathan, Advocate, S.R.No. 79018 +5cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79019 +5cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79016 +5cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79022 +5cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79021 +5cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79020 +3cc to Mr.N.Naganathan Advocate, S.R.No. 79017 +1cc to the Government Pleader, S.R.No. 79323, 79320, 79326, 79325, 79324, 79318 W.P.No.24777 of 2019 etc., batch RP(CO) GN(01/10/2019)